All titles published through The FJH Music Company, Inc. except where noted*.
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Current Projects (to be published in 2010/11)

What Dreams May Come - (grade 3) - The title is borrowed from the famous Shakespearean soliloquy, "To be or not to be..." from the third act of Hamlet. Here Prince Hamlet contemplates whether suicide might be the only way out of his worldly troubles. Yet he fears the consequence of such an act. He seems to equate the state of death to "sleep". This piece, which was commissioned by Johannes Dietrich for the Lebanon Valley College Honors String Orchestra in 2009, Annville, PA. USA, is divided into two contrasting movements. Part one, "Dream of Life", is a legato movement that has a slumber-like quality. Part two, "Dream of Death", comes in stark contrast to the first movement with a non-ceasing, fast and nervous tempo. The entire performance time is just under seven minutes. This piece will be available for purchase on this website until 2011 upon which time it will become part of the FJH String Orchestra catalog.

Ghost Carnival – (grade 3) - With the air of a suspense thriller from beginning to end “GHOST CARNIVAL” is actually a piece that was designed to introduce young string players to different bowing techniques and effects. It does so in the simplest form possible where the techniques are not encumbered by complicated fingering passages. This allows the student to focus on the bow and the technique. The inspiration for the work came from a local amusement park here in New Orleans that went out of business after much of its property was destroyed during hurricane Katrina (August 2005). I often pass the abandoned amusement park in the darkness of night when only the ghosts of past revelers can enjoy the rides. There is a certain “creepiness” that abounds at night in a place that you expect to be brightly lit but subsists in darkness. A massive wooden roller coaster frame towers in the darkness in disrepair. There is a portamento effect at the end of the piece that reflects the final plunge of the coaster into darkness. How can a place that thrilled so many people, that elicited boundless laughter and excitement, now be so void of life? This piece will debut in the 2010 FJH String Orchestra catalog to be released in the summer of 2010. A computer synthesized version can be heared in our mp3 player on the right.

2009

Danny Boy – (grade 3) - BUY!

2008

Ukrainian Bell Carol – (grade 2) - BUY!

2007

Relic – (grade 3) -BUY!

2003

Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer – (grade 3.5) - BUY!

1999

The Red Pony (excerpts from the film suite) – Aaron Copland (grade 3) *Boosey & Hawkes - BUY!